jamesm113

It's not marked. One side has paint on the springs, the other does not.

Also, picked up a sachs flywheel, OEM rear main seal, and 4 quarts of Redline MT 90. Anything else I should pick up before I start the job?

Thanks!

i r teh noobz

Does the hub stick out farther on one side? Usually that side goes towards the pressure plate.

Did you get a pilot bearing?

jamesm113

Ya the painted side side sticks out farther.

No pilot bearing.. I've never done a car clutch before (motorcycle only). Good idea to get one?

Amazon has a Timken for $4.37, ACT for $15.41 and Precision for $5.40. Would I need any special tools to replace it?

jamesm113

Also, Do I need new fly wheel bolts?

i r teh noobz

Its a good idea to replace all the wear items in there: pilot bushing/bearing, throwout bearing, etc. You may want to check availability of an input shaft seal. Yours may be leaking.

There are pullers available for pilot bushings. Most auto parts stores offer them for rental. There are workarounds out there (grease and a punch, chisels, whatnot) but I can't say that I've ever tried them.


Bolts are a maybe. The torque spec doesn't come up with any torque to yield stuff, but if they're cheap I'd just replace them for piece of mind.

jamesm113

Well, I bought the pilot bushing and input shaft seal, but when I pulled the transmission, I discovered there was no pilot bushing and no input shaft seal.

Also, the clutch wouldn't make good contact with the flywheel if it had been put in the wrong way, which is good to know

i r teh noobz

No pilot bushing? No shaft seal?

jamesm113

Nope, neither!

i r teh noobz

After some reading, it looks like you're right on the pilot bushing. I'm not sure how that works out with nothing supporting the end of the input shaft. I would think that such a design would lead to premature input shaft bearing failure. Maybe they use a second bearing inside the case or something?

I can't find anything on an input seal, but something has to seal the front of the transmission.

jamesm113

Well, perhaps it's inside the transmission? There were no seals I could see, and I tried sliding it on the input shaft, there was nowhere it would fit.

smj999smj

You would have to seperate the case in order to replace the input shaft on this model. Refer part code "30401J" on the diagram linked below:

Part Detail

i r teh noobz

Ok. At least its there so I know I'm not going crazy.

Everything I've messed with didn't require much work to change the input seal. They're usually behind a retainer plate and come out with a couple bolts.

Sorry for the bad advice in this case. Hopefully you can return those parts.